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... connexion that I have still retained , and value far more highly . This was a bad beginning , but I made the best of it , as has been my rule through life ; a wealthy client of noble rank is a prize to any 4 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
... connexion that I have still retained , and value far more highly . This was a bad beginning , but I made the best of it , as has been my rule through life ; a wealthy client of noble rank is a prize to any 4 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
Page 7
... retained its virgin bloom , my papers had not gathered an ounce of " blacks , " my clerk had acquired an habitual deze , and even my hand - bell seemed to have lost its power of disturbing his siesta ! Matters looked desperate , and ...
... retained its virgin bloom , my papers had not gathered an ounce of " blacks , " my clerk had acquired an habitual deze , and even my hand - bell seemed to have lost its power of disturbing his siesta ! Matters looked desperate , and ...
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... retain clients . A reverend clergyman , whom I had known intimately at Cambridge , had a pretty servant - girl . The pretty servant - girl had previously lived in a wealthy family of rank , where she had given great satisfaction ; so ...
... retain clients . A reverend clergyman , whom I had known intimately at Cambridge , had a pretty servant - girl . The pretty servant - girl had previously lived in a wealthy family of rank , where she had given great satisfaction ; so ...
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... that shortly after- wards the venerable archdeacon was a trustee defendant in an important cause in which I was retained by - nobody ! CHAPTER III . " Lucent genialibus altis Aurea fulcra toris 28 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
... that shortly after- wards the venerable archdeacon was a trustee defendant in an important cause in which I was retained by - nobody ! CHAPTER III . " Lucent genialibus altis Aurea fulcra toris 28 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
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... retaining a dove by a silken cord . " Mrs. Rudall presents her compliments to Mr. Gregory Sharpe , and begs permission to forward to him all her deeds and papers , being involved in a most cruel dispute with her land- lord , and having ...
... retaining a dove by a silken cord . " Mrs. Rudall presents her compliments to Mr. Gregory Sharpe , and begs permission to forward to him all her deeds and papers , being involved in a most cruel dispute with her land- lord , and having ...
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